Gowling WLG ups London NQ solicitor pay by 8% to £71,000

The firm’s London lot will now receive a salary of £71,000, a healthy rise of 8% from £66,000, while those in Birmingham start lawyer life on £44,000 — a bump of 4% from £42,500. Trainee pay remains unchanged: £40,500 in year one and £44,000 in year two for London rookies, and £28,000 rising to £31,000 in year two for those in Birmingham.

The 17-office-firm, which was formed through a 2016 tie-up between British outfit Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co and Canadian giant Gowlings, takes on around 25 trainees each year.

Earlier this month Legal Cheek reported that Bird & Bird had bumped NQ pay in London by 15% to £71,000. The firm, which offers around 18 training contracts each year, also upped trainee salaries to £40,000 and £44,000 — rises of 5% across the board.

Cravath NQ

HSF Trainee

Sep 5 2019 8:12pm

My condolences m8. I know it must be hard to train at Cravath and either wash out upon qualification or be replaced by an incoming MC/SC associate at 4PQE. Can’t imagine training is up to scratch either.